Coming home… 🦆 pic.twitter.com/xH6hEiowMX
— Chase Cota (@ccota_) February 19, 2022
The Oregon Ducks got a big commitment on Friday afternoon, but it didn’t come from the recruiting world. Rather, they received news that veteran WR Chase Cota, a former UCLA Bruin, would be coming home to Oregon to play for the Ducks and finish his college career.
Cota, who is a former 4-star recruit from South Medford High School, had 883 yards and 6 touchdowns in his 4 years with the Bruins, and he will add a veteran presence to what currently stands as a very young WR group in Eugene that is a little short on depth.
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On top of adding some experience to the outside, Cota will be a fun story for fans to follow in 2022. His dad, Chad Cota, is Oregon royalty. He was inducted into the Ducks’ Hall of Fame in 2012 after a career that left him being described as the “backbone of the ‘Gang Green’ defense” of the early 1990s, paving the way for Oregon’s first Rose Bowl appearance in 37 years. The elder Cota had a successful NFL career with the Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Indianapolis Colts, and Saint Louis Rams.
There are a lot of things that we don’t yet know about the Oregon roster in 2022, like who the quarterback will be, or how much depth the RB spot will hold. However, we now can trust that the Ducks have a guy on the outside who knows what it’s like to play in the Pac-12 and knows a little bit about what it means to be a Duck as well.
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